Mineral County News

A presentation to the Lyon County Board of Commissioners from U.S. Forest Service officials regarding a Secure Rural Schools Resource Advisory Committee, a requirement of receiving more money under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Preservation Act 2008 reauthorization, resulted in disgruntlement into how the committee was made up.

Citizens of Nevada: Walker Lake is owned by the State of Nevada. At this time, all American citizens can enjoy it for free.

RENO - For the second straight day, a fallen Mineral County sheriff's sergeant has been honored.

John Willson said no one ever enjoyed being a police officer more than his late father, Richard, and when he died on the job in 1994, he was doing what he'd always dreamed of doing.

Fighting dust devils and lunch-time traffic Wednesday, officers with the Carson City Sheriff's Department covered the final 18 miles of the Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Run.

The 10th Annual Nevada Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial Run will be passing through Douglas County on Wednesday in preparation for Thursday's Nevada Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial noon ceremony.

Two drivers died in a head-on collision in Mineral County near Hawthorne early Thursday morning.

Public safety personnel are investigating a two-vehicle head-on collision that claimed the lives of both drivers Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 95 in Mineral County.

Appointment of New Director Canyon Copper Corp. announced today that, effective April 15, 2009, James Yates was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors.

In 1861, the original Washoe County seat was in Washoe City at the north end of Washoe Lake.

Economic development officials in Nevada say the process to select an operator for the Hawthorne Army Depot could open the door for Northern Nevada businesses to win subcontracting business.

The bill that was introduced seeking to create a 10th Judicial District, leaving only Lyon County in the Third Judicial District, has died in the Nevada Legislature.

According to a special weather statement from the National Weather Service in Reno, the Lake Tahoe Basin should see steady snow showers into Tuesday evening.

After battling a proposed wilderness designation as part of a lands bill last year that would have affected some Lyon County lands, the Lyon County Board of Commissioners approved a motion of support for a state resolution calling for local approval of federal wilderness designation.

A bill has been introduced in the 2009 Nevada Legsilature to split Churchill County out of the state's Third Judicial District now shared with Lyon County, creating a new 10th Judicial District combining Churchill and Mineral Counties instead.

U.S. Census figures released Thursday show Lyon County catching up to Carson City.

The spring flood potential is average in portions of west central and eastern Nevada but below average elsewhere, the National Weather Service reports.

Churchill County Commissioners will consider a request from the district attorney's office to back their request to create a new judicial district comprised of Churchill and Mineral counties.

Judge Davis opposes court breakup District Judge John Davis said he wants to retain Mineral County in the 5th Judicial District and said a bill requesting it be split off in the upcoming state legislative ...

District Judge John Davis said he wants to retain Mineral County in the 5th Judicial District and said a bill requesting it be split off in the upcoming state legislative session is an attempt to establish ...